Snoop Dogg Says ‘My Bad’ For Comments About Gay Couple in Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’: ‘Teach Me How to Learn’

Snoop Dogg has responded to the backlash surrounding his comments about LGBTQ+ representation in Disney and Pixar’s “Lightyear.”

On Wednesday, Hollywood Unlocked reposted an interview with media personality TS Madison on Instagram, in which she discussed Snoop Dogg’s push back on “Lightyear’s” inclusion of a gay couple. The 16-time Grammy winner later took to the comments to explain he was just “caught off guard” at the time, and that he hopes his friends in the LGBTQ+ community can “teach me how to learn.”

“I was just caught off guard and had no answer for my grandsons,” he wrote. “All my gay friends what’s up, they been calling me with love. My bad for not knowing the answers for a 6 yr old. Teach me how to learn. I’m not perfect.”

During an appearance on the “It’s Giving” podcast, Snoop Dogg said he is “scared to go to the movies” after he brought his grandson to “Lightyear” and had to field questions about the film’s same-sex couple.

“It fucked me up,” he said. “I’m like, scared to go to the movies. Y’all throwing me in the middle of shit that I don’t have an answer for… It threw me for a loop. I’m like, ‘What part of the movie was this?’ These are kids. We have to show that at this age? They’re going to ask questions. I don’t have the answer.”

“Lightyear” screenwriter Lauren Gunderson also issued a response on Instagram. In a post on Wednesday, she defended her decision to write a same-sex relationship into the film.

“I’m proud of it. To infinity. Love is love,” Gunderson wrote. “I was one of a few writers they had on it over the years, which is very common for screenwriting of course. I had very little to do with the final script. But I was proud to see a happy queer couple (even for a few seconds) onscreen. I know they got a lot of shit for this inclusion, but stuff like this matters because beautiful love like this exists.”

Not only did “Lightyear” feature one of Disney and Pixar’s most prominent LGBTQ+ characters, it also depicted the first same-sex kiss in a movie. As reported by Variety, the moment was met with controversy internally at Pixar after the studio considered cutting the scene. Employees and allies at Pixar sent a joint statement to Walt Disney Company leadership claiming executives had censored “overtly gay affection” in Disney films. The kiss was kept as a result.